Yea that's the beauty of it, if we do go up, we already have a good league 1 squad in place (give or take a couple of players) not sure if DJ, Benda, Yates etc would stay but being in league one would surely help that and it would be a nice change from the usual summer overhaul of 10-15 players...

We don't. Let's look at it.... of players contracted for next season, you could argue that 7, Fryers, Broadbent, Doughty, Lyden, Hunt, Caddis and Hope, could be relied upon.... others much more questionable, Reid, McGilp, Twine, Curran, Conroy and then Palmer who we don't yet know about.

I know, because if/when we are promoted then players out of contract won't even consider extending their contract, the loan players won't consider a new loan next season, we won't buy any new players for next season......etc etc

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We don't. Let's look at it.... of players contracted for next season, you could argue that 7, Fryers, Broadbent, Doughty, Lyden, Hunt, Caddis and Hope, could be relied upon.... others much more questionable, Reid, McGilp, Twine, Curran, Conroy and then Palmer who we don't yet know about.

To be fair, other than Conroy would we miss any of the 'more questionable ?.

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To be fair, other than Conroy would we miss any of the 'more questionable ?.

I don't know about the likes of Curran and McGilp, it seems we signed them on potential, and so I suppose it's possible that they may yet come good, but atm you wouldn't be hanging your hat on them for a Div 3 campaign. Conroy is just obviously an injury doubt, so you'd need to cover him, rather than regard as a first pick..

I know, because if/when we are promoted then players out of contract won't even consider extending their contract, the loan players won't consider a new loan next season, we won't buy any new players for next season......etc etc

The original point made by River Monster was that we already have a good squad in place potentially for Div 3 next season. I don't think that is the case as it stands.

Back in very early Power days it looked like we were attempting to operate on what might be caled a 2 year cycle.... get players in and give them a couple of years to develop and then sell. Probably the last time, it looked as if we were carrying through a potentially decent squad was from 13/14 to 14/15.

Then we had 10 or 11 as a core..... Fods, Nathan T, Byrne, Luongo, Kasim, Louis T, Gladwin, M Smith, Branco, A Williams Darren Ward was still kicking around, but not used.

This was what Power called the "Swindon Way" When it went tits up and was binned the current more short termism came in

I doubt very many clubs in the bottom two divisions are operating much differently when it comes to contract length these days. Gone are the days of getting players signed-up on 5 year contracts - for starters, as you often point out, the Manager changes so frequently it creates a huge cost implication to have players on longer contracts when a new Manager will want to clear the decks. Nearly all signings you see down here are 12-24 months in length.

It's nice to see you focussing on life in the division above Reg. Very promising in terms of positivity. That's huge strides from the days of uncertainty, regarding heading for the relegation trapdoor of the Football League and Non-League obscurity.

I salute you, you're a changed man. After all, relegation from League One (Div 3) is much more positive than relegation from League Two (Div 4). I don't know what has caused this bout of positivity but long may it continue. Maybe it was related to the recent array of beauties on display in the "Birds you would..." thread?

It's nice to see you focussing on life in the division above Reg. Very promising in terms of positivity. That's huge strides from the days of uncertainty, regarding heading for the relegation trapdoor of the Football League and Non-League obscurity.

I salute you, you're a changed man. After all, relegation from League One (Div 3) is much more positive than relegation from League Two (Div 4). I don't know what has caused this bout of positivity but long may it continue. Maybe it was related to the recent array of beauties on display in the "Birds you would..." thread?

No different to what I've always done, look at things and make a considered judgement.... in this case with just over a couple of months to go in the season and right in the mix for auto, promotion is a possibilty.

Still a lot of work to do though, if you look at a season like 85/86 we were 15 points clear in the auto race, at the same stage. That's the sort of thing whereby you start thinking when not if.